Books & Resources

The Orthodox Faith, Worship, and Life: Orthodox Catechism, an Outline. By: Hieromonk Gregorios. New Rome Press
Know the Faith: A Handbook for Orthodox Christians and Inquirers. By: Rev. Michael Shanbour. Ancient Faith Publishing
Bible, Church, Tradition: An Eastern Orthodox View. By: Georges Florovsky Crux Press (June 1, 2023)

The Mystagogy of the Holy Spirit. Saint Photios the Great. Trans by Joseph Farrell. Holy Cross Orthodox Press
The Holy Trinity in the Life of the Church (Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History). Ed. by: Khaled Anatolios. (Holy Cross Orthodox Press)
On the Incarnation. St. Athanasius (St. Vladimir Seminary Press)
On the Holy Spirit. St. Basil the Great (SVS Press)

Holy Tradition. By: Harry Boosalis
The Orthodox Faith Vol. 1: Doctrine & Scripture. Thomas Hopko (St. Vladimir Seminary Press)
Scripture in Tradition: The Bible and Its Interpretation in the Orthodox Church. By: Fr. John Breck. (SVS Press)

The Orthodox Faith Vol. 3: Church History. Thomas Hopko. (St. Vladimir Seminary Press)
The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity. By: Timothy Ware. (2015 edition)
The Religion of the Apostles: Orthodox Christianity in the First Century: Stephen De Young, Ancient Faith Publishing. 2021.
The Historical Road of Eastern Orthodoxy. By: Alexander Schmemann
Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Teachings. By: Fr. Josiah Trenham. New Rome Press

The Orthodox Faith Vol. 2: Worship. Thomas Hopko. (St. Vladimir Seminary Press)
The Eucharist. By: Alexander Schmemann. (SVS Press)
For the Life of the World. Alexander Schmemann (SVS Press)
Let Us Attend: A Journey through the Orthodox Divine Liturgy. By: Father Lawrence Farley. (Conciliar Press)
Of Water & The Spirit: A liturgical study of Baptism. By: Alexander Schmemann (SVS Press)
The Forgotten Medicine: The Mystery of Repentance. By: Seraphim Alexsiev. St. Xenia Skete Press (2nd ed. 2006).
Repentance & Confession: By: Saint Nektarios. Saint Nektarios Monastery Publ. (January 1, 2002)

Celebration of Faith, Vol. III: The Virgin Mary. Alexander Schmemann. (SVS Press). 2001.
The Life of the Virgin Mary (Maximus the Confessor) Trans. Stephen Shoemaker (Yale University Press)
The Feasts of the Mother of God: History & Theology of the Most Holy Theotokos. By: Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos.
Mary, Worthy of All Praise: Reflections on the Virgin Mary. By: Fr. David R. Smith (Conciliar Press)
Against Those Who Are Unwilling to Confess that the Holy Virgin is Theotokos. St. Cyril of Alexandria. By: Protopresbyter George Dion. (Published by the Orthodox Research Institute)

Wounded By Love. The Life and Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios. Denise Harvey (Publisher) * Limni, Evia, Greece. 2005.
Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica. St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood; 1st edition (2009)
Sermons on the Spiritual Life. By: St. Philaret of Moscow. Patristic Nectar Publications. (2020)
The Garden of the Holy Spirit. (Elder Iakovos of Evia). 1999
The Meaning of Suffering and Strife & Reconciliation. Archimandrite Seraphim Aleksiev. St. Xenia Skete Press (4th ed. 2005).
The Orthodox Faith Vol. 4: Spirituality. Thomas Hopko. (St. Vladimir Seminary Press)
Thinking Orthodox: Understanding and Acquiring the Orthodox Christian Mind. By: Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou Ph. D. (2020).

Prayer: Encounter with the Living God. By: Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev. St. Vladimir Seminary Press. (2015)
The Jesus Prayer and its Application: The opinions of Saints, of Elder Paisios and other Contemporary Elders. Archimandrite Arsenios Katerelos. (2016).
On Prayer. By Archimandrite Sophrony. St. Vladimir Seminary Press. (1998).
On Prayer. St. Paisios the Athonite, Spiritual Counsels, vol. VI. (2022)
The Beginnings of a Life of Prayer. By: Archimandrite Irenei. St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood (2012).
A Night in the Desert of the Holy Mountain: Discussion with a hermit on the Jesus Prayer. Archimandrite Hierotheos Vlachos (1991).
St. John Chrysostom and the Jesus Prayer: A Contribution to the Study of the Philoakila. V. Rev. Archimandrite Maximos Constas and Rev. Fr. Peter A. Chamberas. New Rome Press (2019).

The Art of Seeing: Paradox and Perception in Orthodox Iconography By: Fr. Maximos Constas (Sebastian Press)

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